DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 67-year-old male with generally good vision. I have had a few floaters in my eyes over the years, but they have generally been small and have not significantly affected my vision. However, about six months ago, I suddenly had a large floater appear in one of my eyes that ...
Dear Heloise: Here's a hint for those who have more jewelry than storage space and end up with tangled necklaces or earrings that get separated from their matching "mates." This took a bit of time, but here's what I did: First, I sorted through all of my jewelry and matched necklaces with ...
Today is Monday, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 2025. There are 324 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 10, 1962, on the Glienicke Bridge connecting West Berlin and East Germany, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolf Abel, a Soviet spy ...
The aspects point to work that takes surprising turns and tones. Get creative and you can turn tasks into a sensory experience -- feeling the warm water as you wash dishes or cranking up your favorite playlist and dancing your way through a responsibility. Connect chores to something you ...
Dear Annie: Last week, I was caring for a patient named "Mr. Thompson," who had come in with severe back pain. After completing my initial assessment, his daughter, "Sally," arrived and immediately demanded that I give her father "the strongest pain meds you've got." I explained that we had ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 69-year-old woman who was diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). I used statins for over a decade but developed vulvar lichen sclerosus (LS), which only went away when I stopped the statins. They weren't very effective; on a statin, my total cholesterol was ...
